Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

Faustman, William O.; Overall, John E.

doi:10.1037/t01554-000

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“…Negative symptoms were rated by the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) [18] using the sum of global scores from the five SANS subscalcs. Negative symptoms were also derived from the 18-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) [22] and consisted of the sum of emotional withdrawal, retardation, and loss of insight that have been shown in previous research [23,24] to constitute empirically the 'ANER' negative symptom factor. Two scales were used to assess de pression: the 17-itcm HAM-D [25] and an empirically derived depression factor [23,24,26,27] from the BPRS consisting of depressed mood, anxiety, and guilt.…”

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Measurement of Depression and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

et al. 1992

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The validity of the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) as a measure of depressive symptomatology in schizophrenic patients is questionable since it was not developed for this purpose, nor has it been validated in a schizophrenic population. Accordingly, 80 schizophrenic inpatients were administered the HAM-D, the 18-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), and the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) at drug-free baseline and after 4 weeks of neuroleptic treatment. The findings revealed that the HAM-D total score was nonspecific, while individual HAM-D subfactors provided a better index of various symptom complexes. The HAM-D contained a depressive factor that correlated strongly with the BPRS depression factor and a negative symptom factor that correlated strongly with the SANS and the BPRS negative symptom factor. These findings suggest the need to utilize specific assessment techniques rather than global measures when assessing depression in schizophrenia.

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Measurement of Depression and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

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“…The association between anxiety and depressive mood in a psychiatric population is well documented. In the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS; Overall & Gorham, 1962), for example, anxiety and depressive mood consistently have related to a single anxious-depression factor. It is to the credit of the NERS and the nurse-raters that these two clinically distinct symptoms define different factors.…”

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The nurses evaluation rating scale (NERS)

Overall¹,

Rhoades²,

Moreschi³

1986

J. Clin. Psychol.

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The Nurses Evaluation Rating Scale (NERS) consists of 16 items designed to capture salient dimensions of psychopathology and nursing care requirements for psychiatric patients. Reliability and validity of the NERS were evaluated by using a total of 3,052 sets of ratings accomplished by 19 staff nurses on a total of 235 adult psychiatric inpatients. All items of the NERS were utilized in describing psychopathology in this sample of patients, although no patient was positive on all items. Factor analysis revealed four distinct clusters of items, which represented higher‐order constructs of thinking disturbance, depression, anxiety, and psychomotor retardation. Test‐retest reliability was found to be comparable to the reliability of most other clinical assessments of psychopathology. Scoring for the four factors was defined, and analysis of change during first 10 days of hospital stay revealed statistically significant improvement. The NERS appears to be a promising instrument for longitudinal, daily evaluations of inpatient psychopathology as seen in the routine clinical practice of psychiatric nurses.

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“…A Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) (Overall & Gorham, 1962) symptom profile is obtained from the psychiatric resident or the psychiatrist who refers a patient for evaluation. This profile describes the presenting symptom manifestations during most recent acute stage, which is taken as the initial interview for inpatients and recent visit for outpatient referrals.…”

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An application of actuarial methods in psychiatric diagnosis

Overall

Higgins

1977

J. Clin. Psychol.

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An actuarial program for psychiatric diagnosis is evaluated for agreement with final clinical diagnosis in a series of 288 patients. The acturial program provides a probability differential diagnosis based on an analysis of history and background data, symptom rating profiles, and MMPI clinical scale profiles. The observed agreement with final clinical diagnosis is approximately 50% higher than previously reported for psychological testing in this same setting. The results emphasize the importance for psychologists of clinical interview and observation skills.

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Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

Cited by 542 publications

References 12 publications

Measurement of Depression and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Measurement of Depression and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

The nurses evaluation rating scale (NERS)

An application of actuarial methods in psychiatric diagnosis

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